In the past, if all tuners were scheduled to be used and then I attempt to pad a show that will run into those shows, I would get a conflict error. Even if 2 shows were on the same channel, they would take 2 tuners for the overlap. This does not appear to be the case with Roamio. I have 6 shows scheduled to record tonight at 9 but then needed to pad Big Brother because of the sports overrun, pushing it past 9. Now there are 7 shows recording at 9 (but only 6 channels) with no conflict error. If they added this ability that is great news. I've always wondered why that wasn't done. Good job TiVo!

Well, I'm watching (and recording) Big Brother now and when I press Info to look at the other recordings, I have 6 other shows recording (total of 7). However, when I look at the My Shows list, there are only 6 recordings showing there. (Unforgettable, same channel as Big Brother, is not listed there, even though it is listed on the info screen.)

Well, I'm watching (and recording) Big Brother now and when I press Info to look at the other recordings, I have 6 other shows recording (total of 7). However, when I look at the My Shows list, there are only 6 recordings showing there. (Unforgettable, same channel as Big Brother, is not listed there, even though it is listed on the info screen.)

ToDo list also didn't show Unforgettable. It appears that despite the appearance of things (no conflict warning and Unforgettable listed on Info screen) that there is not 2 recordings. I padded BB again enough to get Unforgettable, too, but it appears this doesn't work like I first thought. Interesting that there was no conflict warning though.

I don't think that what you were seeing by pressing "Info" indicates that it was recording 7 things. "Big Brother" is how the recording is identified so that's the main title. The individual tuner entries tell you what is on the channel that tuner is set to according to the guide data.

ToDo list also didn't show Unforgettable. It appears that despite the appearance of things (no conflict warning and Unforgettable listed on Info screen) that there is not 2 recordings. I padded BB again enough to get Unforgettable, too, but it appears this doesn't work like I first thought. Interesting that there was no conflict warning though.

Unless you changed the padding to 1.5 or 3 hours or there was in fact no delay, you will not get all of "Unforgettable".

Thought about the Roamio basic (since I need it for OTA) and I know on Directv DVR's if I set the overlap on the same channel (as example a football game from noon to 3:45 and the 2nd game from 3:25-7) it will not tie up a 2nd tuner. I had a Series 3 and yes it tied up the 2nd tuner which frustrated me. (plus having D* for a couple years I was use to the "padding" of 1 minutes before/after the show

Does the roamio tie up a extra tuner? 4 tuners would be nice but if the overlap doesnt work like that it might be dicey sometimes when there are sports on all 4 nets (or college football on big 3 + local station)

It would be really nice if TiVo could share the data between two overlapping recordings rather then requiring another tuner to do it. Would make padding those NBC shows with that 1-2 minute overlap a lot easier.

It would be really nice if TiVo could share the data between two overlapping recordings rather then requiring another tuner to do it. Would make padding those NBC shows with that 1-2 minute overlap a lot easier.

To bad it just can't just see a recording is padded into another show request, ask you if you would like to delay the (previous scheduled recording) by the total padding time of the currently edited show.

The Second show would use the guide data as a time stamp to correctly title the second recording.

To bad it just can't just see a recording is padded into another show request, ask you if you would like to delay the (previous scheduled recording) by the total padding time of the currently edited show.

The Second show would use the guide data as a time stamp to correctly title the second recording.

That's what overlap protection does. It allows two shows to overlap by up to 5 minutes. The one with the higher priority gets recorded with all padding and the lower priority one gets clipped.

Personally I find that annoying and turn it off because sometimes you'll get something from cable that repeats a hundred times but missing the first few minutes because it got clipped by the padding of a network show.

That's what overlap protection does. It allows two shows to overlap by up to 5 minutes. The one with the higher priority gets recorded with all padding and the lower priority one gets clipped.

Personally I find that annoying and turn it off because sometimes you'll get something from cable that repeats a hundred times but missing the first few minutes because it got clipped by the padding of a network show.

What my thought was for a same channel second recording, the recording would be just like normal but recorded out of it's time slot on the same tuner

Say you have 2 tuners only, You have BB @ 7:00 set to pad 1:30hr on one tuner and storage wars on another then @ 8pm the none BB tuner would still be used so the tuner on Big Brother would see that unforgettable should be recorded and ask you if you'd like to record unforgettable on the same tuner only it would make the actual recording 30 mins past the unforgettable time slot at 9:30 to 10:30.

It would be really nice if TiVo could share the data between two overlapping recordings rather then requiring another tuner to do it. Would make padding those NBC shows with that 1-2 minute overlap a lot easier.

What my thought was for a same channel second recording, the recording would be just like normal but recorded out of it's time slot on the same tuner

Say you have 2 tuners only, You have BB @ 7:00 set to pad 1:30hr on one tuner and storage wars on another then @ 8pm the none BB tuner would still be used so the tuner on Big Brother would see that unforgettable should be recorded and ask you if you'd like to record unforgettable on the same tuner only it would make the actual recording 30 mins past the unforgettable time slot at 9:30 to 10:30.

Most recordings are automated, not one offs where you can be asked how to handle it. So they need to have some sort of automatic logic.

A much better solution would be for the scheduling logic to be smart enough to put all back to back recordings on one tuner and then simply share any overlap between the recordings with both programs. It's digital data it should be easy enough to copy.

Most recordings are automated, not one offs where you can be asked how to handle it. So they need to have some sort of automatic logic.

A much better solution would be for the scheduling logic to be smart enough to put all back to back recordings on one tuner and then simply share any overlap between the recordings with both programs. It's digital data it should be easy enough to copy.

I'm glad i rarely need to pad any of my SPs. Most of the shows I watch are correct in the guide so they get the one or two minutes past the hour recorded without any padding. I think I only have padding on 5% to 8% of my SPs.

I pad everything just to be safe. A lot of shows I don't watch until way after they aired so I don't even realize they got cut off until it's too late to actually rerecord. With 4 tuners I only ever had conflicts on Thursday nights. Now with 6 I should be able to pad everything without any conflicts at all.

I'm having a bunch of conflicts now that the new Tv season is starting up. I had to reorganize my SPs again to compensate.I'm already using six tuners concurrently several times a week. By the time the new Tv season is in full swing I will be using six tuners concurrently almost every day.

I can't imagine that. There are only 4 major networks, 5 if you count The CW, and everything on cable repeats ad nauseum. If you don't pad anything then you should never need more then 5 tuners.

I have alot of news programs in my 120 Season Passes now. Plus I have the New Shows SP that I added. For instance I recently set up an SP for news on each of the four major channels here. These are not repeated. But I gave these a low priority. This is in addition to CNN and Al jazeera news programs. Plus I also have several SPs for some old shows that have 50 to 100 episodes so those are constantly being recorded as well. And I added all the night football games each week plus the Redskins games too.

My main concern is that I don't have conflicts for the five broadcast networks since I watch shows from all five..

I had six tuners recording this evening. I see six in use tomorrow night too. It seems like Tuesday is my worst day right now but I'm not sure what will happen when the new season is in full swing.

Checking the To Do List I now see only four conflicts listed as coming up and they are next week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Doomsday Castle on NGCHD, two for Duck Dynasty on AETVHD, and Kitchen Nightmares on BBCAHD.